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<p>The average distances from home of young people accommodated in secure children’s
homes since March 2010 are given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Distance
from home of young people accommodated in secure homes</strong></p><p><strong>Years
ending 31 March 2010 to 2014</strong></p><p><strong>Coverage: England</strong></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of children accommodated in
secure homes at 31 March</p></td><td><p>Average distance of the secure home from young
person’s home (miles)<sup>1,2,3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
SSDA903 collection</p><p> </p><p>1. Distance is measured in a straight line from the
young person’s home to the secure home.</p><p>2. As at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014
there were only 16 secure units operating in England therefore most placements will
inevitably be at a distance from the young person’s home.</p><p>3. Based on children
looked after who are placed in secure accommodation. A full list of secure accommodation
can be found in table 2 of the Statistical First Release, “Children accommodated in
secure children's homes: 31 March 2014” available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-secure-children-s-homes"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-secure-children-s-homes</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Numbers of children are rounded to the nearest 10.</p>
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